Where does “Scoarța” come from?

Scoarța (Romanian) comes from Romanian scoarță, from Latin scortea, from Latin scortum, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Scoarța (Romanian): bark

Definitions

  1. bark

Ancestry of “Scoarța”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscoarțăbark; crust; rind
2Latinscorteaa leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak; a...
3Latinscortuma skin, hide; a harlot, prostitute
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “Scoarța”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Latin scortum →